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Offline kas1e

Re: Switching monitors between AGA and Voodoo
« on: March 21, 2005, 03:23:10 PM »
Well, becouse i have voodoo/scandoubler (micronic scandy) too, i want to create AUTOMATIC swtich between my voodoo and aga too. But, it must be a full hardware project, without any software manipulation, becouse we have boot-menu, esc-menu for bppc, boot without startup-sequence, etc. I mean it can be tons of situations when you can't run/using your 'switching programm'. So, i think it is must be looks like this:
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              monitor cable
                       |            
              S-W-I-T-C-H-E-R
               /                     \
AGA (Scandoubler)      Voodoo
       cable                     cable

Well, if we using p96, we set Picasso96 AmigaVideo option to 31khz. (for normally mp3 playing for example). It is mean, when p96 enable video board, in amiga hsync (on alice for example) we have 31khz. If we using any PAL soft (demos/games), here is 15khz. So, i think it will be work thus: If 31khz is enable - choice video board connector to monitor, if 15khz enable - choice ScanDoubler cable. Becouse scandoubler alredy fix 15 to 30mhz, we must take VSYNC from matherboard directly (from alice, or from amiga video rgb connector, or from CIA, does not matter).

So, this kind of switch will work under p96 only. (maybe cgx gave analgy options like AmigaVideo?). And it will works always. But of course DBPAL can't be using, etc. (i think with scandoubler it is does no matter too)

Well, let's to comment anybody ?:)


2Tahoe: in your link i found only some kind of swithcer for keyboards (automatic some time) and some manualy switch but in all pictures, only one video connector is present. But it's must be 3 minimum i think (for aga,for gfx and for monitor as on my little pict).
 

Offline kas1e

Re: Switching monitors between AGA and Voodoo
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2005, 01:34:03 PM »
to jonssonj:

yes, hardware realize must be creating like on this picture, but within realize must be oriented on amiga of course(SYNC 15 or 31mhz). Here is only VGA switch, and it can't work with  i think .. but who know :)